Ice
Subtitle: great moments in the history of hard, cold water
By: Karal Ann Marling.
Publisher: Borealis Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: St. Paul, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780873516280
Subjects: Ice -- History; Ice -- Social aspects; Ice -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works.
Description: "Cultural historian Karal Ann Marling considers the history of ice, "hard, cold water." What better place to start than with dessert? The pleasure of ice cream on a hot day has been known since the sixteenth century, although it wasn't until a few hundred years later that refrigeration made the treat available to the masses. From this sweet beginning, Marling expands her icy explorations to the realm of fiction - the ice crossing in Uncle Tom's Cabin, the frozen wasteland of Frankenstein, the utopias reached through imagined holes in the polar ice - and to the movies and Broadway, with their treatment of extreme landscapes. The study of ice by a true aficionado yields fascinating insights and may just inspire readers to embrace winter - or to make their way to the nearest ice cream shop."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.